Weather Records on 24 March 1958

440 weather records were set or tied worldwide on 24 March 1958. Highest significance: Weimar, DE.

Key Facts for 24 March 1958

On 24 March 1958, 440 weather records were set or tied at long-record stations worldwide.
49 were record highs and 93 were record lows, counting maximum and minimum temperature.
By timescale, 0 were all-time records, 5 monthly and 435 daily.
Weimar set a daily record snow depth of 13.0 cm (5.1 in) on 24 March 1958.
Across 169 earlier years (1794 to 2026) the same calendar date averaged 460 records.

Record Map

440 stations

440 station records on 24 March 1958 are marked on the map, coloured by record type. Dot size shows the significance score. Made with Natural Earth.

Weather records on 24 March 1958: highest significance records shown on the map
Station	Country	Type	Value	Significance
Weimar	Germany	Record snow depth	13.0 cm (5.1 in)	66 of 100 (Major)
Irishtown	Australia	Record daily precipitation	33.3 mm (1.3 in)	51 of 100 (Notable)
Osmanabad	India	Record daily precipitation	25.4 mm (1.0 in)	51 of 100 (Notable)
Peraiyur	India	Record daily precipitation	73.1 mm (2.9 in)	50 of 100 (Notable)
Cairo River	United States	Record daily precipitation	70.4 mm (2.8 in)	50 of 100 (Notable)
Naduvattam	India	Record daily precipitation	41.7 mm (1.6 in)	46 of 100 (Notable)
Yercaud	India	Record daily precipitation	43.7 mm (1.7 in)	45 of 100 (Notable)
Bayard	United States	Record snow depth	53.3 cm (21.0 in)	45 of 100 (Notable)
Golconda River	United States	Record daily precipitation	58.4 mm (2.3 in)	43 of 100 (Notable)
Salzburg	Austria	Record low minimum temperature	-13.9 C (7.0 F)	42 of 100 (Notable)
Tbilisi	Georgia	Record daily precipitation	26.6 mm (1.0 in)	41 of 100 (Notable)
Kolhapur	India	Record daily precipitation	32.5 mm (1.3 in)	41 of 100 (Notable)
Fredericktown	United States	Record daily precipitation	55.1 mm (2.2 in)	40 of 100 (Notable)
Simmesport	United States	Record daily precipitation	66.5 mm (2.6 in)	39 of 100 (Notable)
Marble Hill	United States	Record daily precipitation	60.7 mm (2.4 in)	39 of 100 (Notable)
Reading Wb City	United States	Record snow depth	15.2 cm (6.0 in)	38 of 100 (Notable)
Salem	United States	Record daily precipitation	64.0 mm (2.5 in)	37 of 100 (Notable)
Franklin 2 NNE	United States	Record daily precipitation	29.2 mm (1.1 in)	35 of 100 (Notable)
Greenville	United States	Record daily precipitation	77.0 mm (3.0 in)	35 of 100 (Notable)
Galena	United States	Record daily precipitation	50.8 mm (2.0 in)	35 of 100 (Notable)
New Madrid	United States	Record daily precipitation	71.9 mm (2.8 in)	35 of 100 (Notable)
Moorestown 4 E	United States	Record snow depth	15.2 cm (6.0 in)	35 of 100 (Notable)
Wien	Austria	Record low minimum temperature	-8.2 C (17.2 F)	34 of 100 (Routine)
Munchen-Nymphenburg	Germany	Record low minimum temperature	-11.0 C (12.2 F)	34 of 100 (Routine)
Uthamapalayam	India	Record daily precipitation	55.4 mm (2.2 in)	34 of 100 (Routine)
Mt Vernon	United States	Record daily precipitation	41.9 mm (1.6 in)	34 of 100 (Routine)
Gudauri	Georgia	Record daily precipitation	57.9 mm (2.3 in)	33 of 100 (Routine)
Danger Point - Vrt.	South Africa	Record daily precipitation	35.0 mm (1.4 in)	33 of 100 (Routine)
Henichesk	Ukraine	Record low minimum temperature	-9.9 C (14.2 F)	33 of 100 (Routine)
Lancaster 2 NE Pump St	United States	Record snow depth	12.7 cm (5.0 in)	33 of 100 (Routine)
Arcadia	United States	Record daily precipitation	50.8 mm (2.0 in)	32 of 100 (Routine)
Cape Girardeau	United States	Record daily precipitation	46.7 mm (1.8 in)	32 of 100 (Routine)
Dexter	United States	Record daily precipitation	79.2 mm (3.1 in)	32 of 100 (Routine)
Poplar Bluff	United States	Record daily precipitation	61.5 mm (2.4 in)	32 of 100 (Routine)
Carbondale Sewage Plt	United States	Record daily precipitation	38.6 mm (1.5 in)	31 of 100 (Routine)
Shawneetown Old Town	United States	Record daily precipitation	49.0 mm (1.9 in)	31 of 100 (Routine)
Steelville 2 N	United States	Record daily precipitation	43.9 mm (1.7 in)	31 of 100 (Routine)
Watrap	India	Record daily precipitation	71.1 mm (2.8 in)	30 of 100 (Routine)
Haarlem	South Africa	Record daily precipitation	67.8 mm (2.7 in)	30 of 100 (Routine)
Osceola	United States	Record daily precipitation	59.9 mm (2.4 in)	30 of 100 (Routine)
Bilgi	India	Record daily precipitation	45.7 mm (1.8 in)	29 of 100 (Routine)
Carmi 6 NW	United States	Record daily precipitation	46.2 mm (1.8 in)	29 of 100 (Routine)
Newburgh L&D	United States	Record daily precipitation	41.1 mm (1.6 in)	29 of 100 (Routine)
Arcadia	United States	Record daily precipitation	31.8 mm (1.3 in)	28 of 100 (Routine)
Cypress Dam 48	United States	Record daily precipitation	52.8 mm (2.1 in)	28 of 100 (Routine)
Brownsville	United States	Record low maximum temperature	18.3 C (64.9 F)	28 of 100 (Routine)
Arni	India	Record daily precipitation	26.4 mm (1.0 in)	27 of 100 (Routine)
Muthupet	India	Record daily precipitation	40.6 mm (1.6 in)	27 of 100 (Routine)
Odesa	Ukraine	Record low minimum temperature	-7.0 C (19.4 F)	27 of 100 (Routine)
Telluride 4WNW	United States	Record snow depth	50.8 cm (20.0 in)	27 of 100 (Routine)
Pacific	United States	Record daily precipitation	35.1 mm (1.4 in)	27 of 100 (Routine)
Hawley 1 E	United States	Record snow depth	33.0 cm (13.0 in)	27 of 100 (Routine)
Gaspe	Canada	Record high minimum temperature	0.6 C (33.1 F)	26 of 100 (Routine)
Buzau	Romania	Record low minimum temperature	-6.1 C (21.0 F)	26 of 100 (Routine)
Idaho City	United States	Record high minimum temperature	3.3 C (37.9 F)	26 of 100 (Routine)
Boonville 1S	United States	Record daily precipitation	38.1 mm (1.5 in)	26 of 100 (Routine)
Ruston la Tech	United States	Record daily precipitation	44.2 mm (1.7 in)	26 of 100 (Routine)
Haskell	United States	Record low maximum temperature	7.8 C (46.0 F)	26 of 100 (Routine)
Bad Lauchstadt	Germany	Record snow depth	12.0 cm (4.7 in)	25 of 100 (Routine)
Szeged	Hungary	Record low minimum temperature	-7.6 C (18.3 F)	25 of 100 (Routine)

Counts by Type and Timescale

440 records

Records set or tied on 24 March 1958 by type: Highest daily maximum 16, Lowest daily maximum 47, Highest daily minimum 33, Lowest daily minimum 46, Heaviest daily rainfall 259, Heaviest daily snowfall 4, Deepest snow cover 35.

Records on 24 March 1958 by type
Record type	Records
Highest daily maximum	16
Lowest daily maximum	47
Highest daily minimum	33
Lowest daily minimum	46
Heaviest daily rainfall	259
Heaviest daily snowfall	4
Deepest snow cover	35

Records on 24 March 1958 by timescale: all-time 0, monthly 5, daily 435.

How Much Records Were Beaten By

386 broken records

Margins by which the 386 broken records beat the old ones, in degrees Celsius for temperature and millimetres for precipitation and snow; the largest margin was 381.0. Ties are not counted.

Top 20 by Significance

24 March 1958

Top 20 records on 24 March 1958 by significance
Date	Station	Record	Value	Beat old record by	Old record stood	Significance
24 March 1958	Weimar, DE	daily snow depth	13.0 cm (5.1 in)	13.0 cm (5.1 in)	66 years	66 of 100 (Major)
24 March 1958	Irishtown, AU	daily rain	33.3 mm (1.3 in)	27.2 mm (1.1 in)	23 years	51 of 100 (Notable)
24 March 1958	Osmanabad, IN	daily rain	25.4 mm (1.0 in)	19.0 mm (0.7 in)	53 years	51 of 100 (Notable)
24 March 1958	Peraiyur, IN	daily rain	73.1 mm (2.9 in)	53.5 mm (2.1 in)	20 years	50 of 100 (Notable)
24 March 1958	Cairo River, US	daily rain	70.4 mm (2.8 in)	36.1 mm (1.4 in)	64 years	50 of 100 (Notable)
24 March 1958	Naduvattam, IN	daily rain	41.7 mm (1.6 in)	33.3 mm (1.3 in)	21 years	46 of 100 (Notable)
24 March 1958	Yercaud, IN	daily rain	43.7 mm (1.7 in)	35.1 mm (1.4 in)	40 years	45 of 100 (Notable)
24 March 1958	Bayard, US	daily snow depth	53.3 cm (21.0 in)	38.1 cm (15.0 in)	44 years	45 of 100 (Notable)
24 March 1958	Golconda River, US	daily rain	58.4 mm (2.3 in)	36.6 mm (1.4 in)	52 years	43 of 100 (Notable)
24 March 1958	Salzburg, AT	daily low min	-13.9 C (7.0 F)	4.5 C (8.1 F)	82 years	42 of 100 (Notable)
24 March 1958	Tbilisi, GE	daily rain	26.6 mm (1.0 in)	10.4 mm (0.4 in)	43 years	41 of 100 (Notable)
24 March 1958	Kolhapur, IN	daily rain	32.5 mm (1.3 in)	28.7 mm (1.1 in)	20 years	41 of 100 (Notable)
24 March 1958	Fredericktown, US	daily rain	55.1 mm (2.2 in)	40.9 mm (1.6 in)	20 years	40 of 100 (Notable)
24 March 1958	Simmesport, US	daily rain	66.5 mm (2.6 in)	40.1 mm (1.6 in)	49 years	39 of 100 (Notable)
24 March 1958	Marble Hill, US	daily rain	60.7 mm (2.4 in)	31.5 mm (1.2 in)	36 years	39 of 100 (Notable)
24 March 1958	Reading Wb City, US	daily snow depth	15.2 cm (6.0 in)	10.1 cm (4.0 in)	52 years	38 of 100 (Notable)
24 March 1958	Salem, US	daily rain	64.0 mm (2.5 in)	24.6 mm (1.0 in)	44 years	37 of 100 (Notable)
24 March 1958	Franklin 2 NNE, US	daily rain	29.2 mm (1.1 in)	16.0 mm (0.6 in)	52 years	35 of 100 (Notable)
24 March 1958	Greenville, US	daily rain	77.0 mm (3.0 in)	30.0 mm (1.2 in)	45 years	35 of 100 (Notable)
24 March 1958	Galena, US	daily rain	50.8 mm (2.0 in)	24.4 mm (1.0 in)	23 years	35 of 100 (Notable)

Significance is a score from 0 to 100 combining margin, the age of the old record and the length of the station's record. How it is computed.

The Same Date in Other Years

1794 to 1958

Records set or tied on this calendar date in each year from 1794 to 1958. 1958 had 440 records.

Counts for years before the ledger starts come from the same station rules.

Records on 03-24 in each year
Year	Records
1794	1
1834	1
1836	1
1837	1
1847	1
1850	2
1853	1
1854	1
1857	1
1858	1
1859	2
1862	1
1863	1
1865	3
1866	1
1867	1
1868	1
1869	2
1870	1
1871	3
1872	1
1873	2
1874	2
1876	1
1877	3
1879	2
1882	2
1883	2
1884	2
1885	1
1886	4
1887	1
1888	3
1889	1
1890	3
1892	1
1893	2
1894	4
1895	20
1896	10
1897	7
1898	6
1899	5
1900	6
1901	5
1902	11
1903	33
1904	8
1905	13
1906	24
1907	31
1908	20
1909	25
1910	40
1911	4
1912	23
1913	83
1914	36
1915	24
1916	29
1917	27
1918	20
1919	22
1920	53
1921	41
1922	31
1923	94
1924	65
1925	76
1926	328
1927	129
1928	277
1929	554
1930	82
1931	102
1932	240
1933	206
1934	731
1935	219
1936	346
1937	336
1938	449
1939	554
1940	1,504
1941	258
1942	176
1943	210
1944	367
1945	699
1946	212
1947	394
1948	321
1949	324
1950	383
1951	373
1952	779
1953	955
1954	489
1955	1,227
1956	607
1957	533
1958	440
1959	171
1960	855
1961	359
1962	343
1963	499
1964	1,094
1965	1,994
1966	633
1967	893
1968	1,217
1969	1,057
1970	219
1971	638
1972	466
1973	728
1974	1,667
1975	926
1976	448
1977	454
1978	508
1979	1,058
1980	506
1981	900
1982	559
1983	1,118
1984	487
1985	418
1986	987
1987	962
1988	1,165
1989	1,072
1990	1,537
1991	919
1992	760
1993	1,210
1994	1,379
1995	1,287
1996	873
1997	779
1998	1,222
1999	522
2000	780
2001	921
2002	598
2003	693
2004	1,338
2005	864
2006	1,162
2007	1,963
2008	1,368
2009	920
2010	647
2011	888
2012	1,631
2013	1,670
2014	948
2015	597
2016	737
2017	651
2018	817
2019	361
2020	575
2021	1,018
2022	881
2023	1,538
2024	820
2025	1,207
2026	2,004

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Sources: Source: NOAA National Centers for Environmental Information, Global Historical Climatology Network Daily (GHCN-Daily). Records are computed by World Extreme Weather Monitor and are not official NOAA products. (US Government open data (NOAA NCEI)) Made with Natural Earth. Public domain map data. Borders are Natural Earth's de facto depiction. Data as of 2026-10-17 (17 October 2026). Records are computed by this site and are not official.

Data as of 2026-10-16. Last revised 16 October 2026 (2026-10-16).

Margin	Records
0 to 50	367
50 to 100	9
100 to 150	5
150 to 200	2
200 to 250	2
250 to 300	0
300 to 350	0
350 to 400	1